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Please, don't try anything that you're about to see us do at home. Ever.

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We feel lucky, punk.

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Are you kidding me?

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What the fuck?

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Answer all over my head, man.

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Between them more than 30 years of special effects experience.

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That was heavy.

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Go get him, boy.

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It'll be orders of exploding pants.

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Oh, God.

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Yeah!

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What's with the lighter?

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Adam, what's with the lighter?

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Ah, it's the next myth. Disposable lighter explosion.

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Apparently, there are many circumstances under which one of these simple disposable

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lighters can explode and potentially become deadly.

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I've heard about that. It's like if you're welding or something, the slag ends up in your pocket

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and up goes the lighter.

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Absolutely. That is probably the most well-known and the most popular and it's the perfect place

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for us to start.

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To make fire, you need three things. Fuel, an ignition source and oxygen.

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If a lighter ruptured while someone was welding, the fuel inside could escape,

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mix with air and heat and presto.

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To set up for their blue collar test, Adam puts a steel bar on some boxes

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and faces a welder towards it.

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Then he hooks it up so it can be triggered remotely.

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I've got a big welder here. It basically feeds wire out, creates electrical arc

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and lots of sparks and hot slag.

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Beautiful. It works perfectly.

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Now, which lighter to choose?

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I've got a whole bunch of disposable lighters. I think we should try all kinds for this.

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Okay, sure.

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They set the lighter right under the welder tip for maximum fallout.

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Three, two, one.

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As the sparks rain down, they melt the plastic.

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Got something. We got burning.

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And the lighter catches a light.

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I can actually see the liquid butane bubbling. There we go.

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Oh, yeah, I see it's shooting out.

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Things look like they're about to boil over.

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I could feel that one.

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Yeah, that was good.

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That was a good little poof.

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Your favorite flannel shirt just went up in flames.

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What happens when you drop hot slag in a lighter is exactly what you would think would happen.

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The plastic melts and it releases the gas and if there's sufficient temperature

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and that hot slag left, then it could ignite and it does.

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Why is there a little lady's lighter in it?

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This is for all you female welders out there.

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Do you know something I don't? How come you're standing on a box?

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Just to get out of the way of the light.

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I was just getting nervous.

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Are you ready?

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I'm ready.

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Okay, here we go.

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Oh, come on, baby.

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They're getting more energetic.

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If a little welding slag goes in your pocket, hits the lighter in the right place, causes the case to fail.

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Poof! It blows a plume of fire over your head.

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That's an explosion.

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So, welders be warned.

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Leave your lighters in the locker room.

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So I know what this next story is and I just want to be clear here.

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We are so asking for trouble.

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Trouble's my middle name.

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What's the problem?

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I thought it was Earl.

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Well, every time we do one of these weapons myths, you know, archery, ballistics, anything like that,

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no one will ever believe us.

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Yep, whenever we do weapons myths, we get attacked by viewer rage and indignation.

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You blast our approach, shoot apart our technique,

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and fry our findings.

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Well, we're about to stir the hornet's nest once again.

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So, what are we going to imply our so-called dubious skills to this time?

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Gunslingers.

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Oh, no, this is all wrong.

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We cannot attack the Old West.

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That is a legend that's the cornerstone of American history.

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Big your pardon, little lady, but yes we can.

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The Gunslinger, one of the greatest symbols of the American West, is steeped in folklore.

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But is it Simon Pure or just stretching the blanket?

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Now that's cowboy talk for truth or fiction.

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What is the first Gunslinger myth?

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Quick draw.

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This one comes from Harvey Logan.

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AKA Kid Curry, he used to ride with a wild bunch?

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Yep, that's the guy.

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He claimed to be able to take a poker chip or a silver dollar, put it on his wrist, and turn it.

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Before that hit the ground, he would draw a single-action revolver and fire off five shots.

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That ought to be pretty straightforward to test.

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With reflexes that fast, you wouldn't want to mess with the likes of Kid Curry.

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He was one hot-headed son of a gun.

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In the early 1900s, he and his wild bunch crew were the most feared outlaws in the land.

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To test the tale of his speedy draw, Tauri and Carrie go to get themselves some firepower.

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Yeah, what would be a nice pump-action shotgun that would match my outfit?

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They pick out replicas of the exact kind of hardware cowboys would have used.

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I hope you don't wreck this.

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And before you start growling at us, yes, they've already waited the compulsory ten-day waiting period in California to purchase firearms.

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Are these the only two we're getting?

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That's okay, you bought it.

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They're tough.

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These are tough guns.

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Do me a favor, try not to do that when it's loaded.

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You all come back down here.

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Back at the ranch, Carrie introduces us to her little friends.

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1873 Colt Peacemaker. This is the classic cowboy pistol.

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It's single-action, which means you have to pull the lever back every time you want it to fire.

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I'm sure you've seen all the Clint Eastwood movies, and it does take a .45 caliber bullet.

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Next in our little gun-toting list, we have our 1851 Navy Colt single-action.

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This one's a little bit older, so it still uses the lead ball percussion cap and black powder.

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The guys suit up cowboy style.

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Grant needs to eat some more pork and beans.

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What the heck's going on here, partner?

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Got a problem with your gear?

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Well, Tori goes for the high-waisted look.

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Well, look at you, Howdy Doody.

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All kitted out, playtime is over.

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It's Howdy Doody time.

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Coming up, the Magnificent 3 is outgunned.

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Are you kidding me?

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But next, Jamie and Adam turn golf into an extreme sport.

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Jamie and Adam are putting disposable lighters to the test.

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Are these little gadgets as innocent as they look, or are many tools of destruction?

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What's next?

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Next up is...

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closed dryer.

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Apparently, if you leave the lighter in the pocket of your pants and you run it through a cycle in the dryer,

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it can get hot enough to blow that lighter up, and maybe some of your property and maybe you.

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Great, let's do it.

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I'm sitting on our test platform here, a bonafide dryer.

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We're going to hook it up, and we're going to put a lighter through the drying cycle, see what happens.

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Adam replaces the front door with laminated safety glass.

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He adds a temperature gauge, puts in the lighter, and is ready to tumble.

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There we go.

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Ready to go.

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Darn, he forgot the dryer sheets. They make things so much fluffier.

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I was just kind of like washing paint dry in it. It's getting hot.

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Yeah, see the thermometer? It's already at like 160 degrees.

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That's pretty good.

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Now all there is to do is wait.

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And wait.

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And wait some more.

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Let's look at the high speed for any sign of a spark.

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Nope, nothing, but it is quite spacey in a Kubrick kind of way.

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Look, Adam, I can see you're really upset about this.

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The lighter's been in for over an hour, but all it's done is go for a ride.

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What you need to have for a disposable lighter to explode is two things.

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You need to have enough heat for the plastic and the lighter to melt,

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and then you need to have an ignition source.

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Now, I'm not terribly sure we have either of those things in this case.

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I think we're done here.

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Nothing's happening.

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It busted.

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Or you just want to take another nap for a while.

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With the drying done, it's time for another round of disposable lighter myths.

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I know that sports don't make any sense to you, but have you ever played a round of golf?

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Yes.

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Really?

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Yes.

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All right, the next one is can you cause some significant damage by smacking a disposable lighter with a golf club?

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I don't know, those golf clubs go pretty fast.

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I think we could probably do some damage to a lighter, but we probably shouldn't be next one,

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so maybe we need to build a mechanical rig.

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I agree entirely.

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Kids, never try at home what we're about to do.

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Where there's a spark, there may be hope.

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Jamie is no sports nut.

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Making mechanical devices gives him a power rush.

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Yeah.

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His golf machine's muscle comes from two pneumatic actuators connected to an air pump.

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As the air rushes in, their valves will open,

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and the force will push a golf club fast into a swinging arm.

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Meet RoboPro.

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Prime Directive Erase the Lighter.

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Three, two, one.

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I don't have a clue what happened.

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The club swings at 85 miles an hour.

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That's about the speed of your average human golfer.

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The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of 14-year-old pyromaniacs is ballistic glass.

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Four, three, two, one.

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That's just awesome.

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Reset!

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I think we should put a bowling ball out there and see whether it throws it.

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All the elements are there, but there's no spark.

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And without that, there's well just be friends.

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I mean, you've got the release of the gas, and there is a creator of a spark in the mechanism.

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But we could do this a hundred times and not just hit it exactly right.

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What's your problem with that?

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I don't think the machine will take it, actually.

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To fast-track the lucky shot that would get a spark, Adam glues down the striker,

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so the flame will be on as the club hits.

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Are you ready, Jimmy?

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Four, three, two, one.

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Nicely done.

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Wait for the high-five.

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That was awesome.

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Now that's what I call chemistry.

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That's cool. There's a whole delay.

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The gas expands enough to mix correctly with the air, and then it goes up.

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It doesn't go up immediately.

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That's awesome.

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So, is it time to go to the clubhouse now?

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What do you think?

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Welp, I think that's pretty well confirmed.

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I mean, if you're gonna do this, and you're out there in your polyester golf suit,

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you're in for some trouble.

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Later, the guys customize a car mythbusters style.

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That was beautiful.

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But next, it's a Rootin' Toten shoot-em-up with the Wild Bunch.

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Howdy there, cowpokes.

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The Mythbusters Posse is exploring gunslinger myths.

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Famed-out law kid Cary claimed he could draw and shoot five shots before a silver dollar hit the ground.

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To put his boast to the test, Cary lays down the law.

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What you're supposed to be doing here is you have your silver dollar on the top of your hand.

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Now, in the time it takes this silver dollar to hit the ground,

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you want to see how many rounds you can get off.

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So, just like, drop.

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Are you feeling up to it?

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You feeling up for it, partner?

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Sure, little buddy. Let's do it.

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Alright.

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Brad steps up with a Navy Colt, a replica of a cowboy-era gun.

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Don't fret, we're using blacks.

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Ready, partner?

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Go ahead, make my day.

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Hey, this is a really long gun.

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Not used to a gun that long?

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Fumbles here didn't even clear the holster before the coin hit the ground.

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Next, Cary gives it a shot.

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Hi.

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Gonna keep firing.

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I have trouble with my trigger finger.

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Maybe the gun is jammed.

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It's not jammed.

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It's not jammed, no.

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No, I have a hard time with the trigger for some reason.

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I can't do it.

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Okay, Belayche, you're our last chance, or we're all goners.

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Better get this one on high speed.

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You might not see it in real time.

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Yee-haw!

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This time, a series of shots rings out.

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The high speed confirms it as two before the coin hit the dirt.

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It's not bad, though. You got two up for the coin hit.

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It's tricky, man. A lot trickier than you think.

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Maybe a different gun will make it easier.

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Alright, high speed ready?

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The peacemaker is anything but.

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The area's real estate value is dropping by the second,

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and our neighbors are plum mad.

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Yeah, we already talked to the police.

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I thought we told everybody in the neighborhood.

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Once again, making friends with our neighbors here at Mythbusters.

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They go inside to lay low for a while.

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Grant may not be a sharpshooter,

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but he's taking on the kid the only way he knows how,

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by building a quick draw robot.

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What I'm working on is figuring out if the gun can even mechanically fire that fast.

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So I've built a motor and a test stand for the gun.

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The motor's got a little arm on it, and so as it rotates, it cocks the gun.

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Perfect.

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Now hold it triggered so that every time it'll go...

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Ready? Three, two, one.

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Yay!

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Did you get them all?

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I believe that was six. I'm pretty sure I counted six.

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Mama, don't let your babies grow up to be animatronics engineers.

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Yay!

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Firing like a bionic bandit, they take it outside to test it with the coin.

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In three, two, one.

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Oh!

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Okay, well...

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One, two, three, four, I heard.

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Yeah, at least.

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Let me go out on a limb here.

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I think that was faster than any of us shot.

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The time it takes for the coin to drop to the ground is 0.5 seconds,

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so four shots is impressive.

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But the robot has an unfair advantage over a person.

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You also have to allow for human reaction time,

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so it's going to be even harder because that's about 0.2 seconds.

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What you're saying is we have to do all five shots in under 300 milliseconds?

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That's exactly what I'm saying.

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So with human draw time taken into account, it's all about the gun's shooting speed.

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Two, one.

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The gun chokes.

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Yeah, we're missing on the barrel.

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Three, two, one.

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Sure enough, the old-time gun isn't built to fire at such a rapid rate and gives up the ghost.

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The gun is now incapacitated, so it's not advancing anymore.

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I definitely think that is a result.

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Dear viewers, if you're about to shoot off an email doubting our methods,

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you might want to hold your horses.

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To test this myth right, say howdy to Lightning Larry,

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a competition fast draw expert and cowboy action shooter.

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I guess it's pretty obvious, but could you explain why they call you Lightning Larry?

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Well, they don't call me Lightning because I'm so fast,

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but like Lightning, my bullets never hit twice in the same spot.

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That's right.

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Larry's a straight shooter.

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Are we using the correct cowboy era gear?

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You confirm for us what we've gotten here.

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Yes, those are the holsters we have.

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The holsters are authentic, the belts may not be, but the holsters are authentic.

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Well, but the main part was getting the gun out of the holster, right?

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So as far as weapons go, we've got an 1851 Navy Colt cap and ball,

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and we've got our Colt peacemaker.

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When you think of all these cowboy myths, are these representative of that?

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That would be us.

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Okay, enough of the yicking and yakking.

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Larry is ready to show us how he got his name.

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Are you kidding me? You're kidding me, right?

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What?

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Just as Larry can actually see it.

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Dang!

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Never did a name suit a man so well.

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Good thing we've got the high speed.

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You see the coin? That's the coin.

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There's the coin.

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I mean, he could have shot the Silver Dollar.

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It's before it even passed the gun.

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Now to attempt the rapid fire.

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Only one cap goes off, but you can see on the replay,

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he re-cocked his gun more times than that.

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Now high speed says that if all the shots had fired,

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you would have gotten three off before the Silver Dollar hit the ground.

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So does lightning Larry think Kid Curry was just stringing a wizard?

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I think that the problem is you've got to come down from handheld position

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and in fan to hammer five times before that Silver Dollar hits.

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And that's pretty fast and pretty unable to do, I think.

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Three, I can see three, possibly four, but five may be extremely difficult to do.

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So this is an Old Western myth that you don't think it's possible?

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I would think it's an Old Western myth.

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Coming right up, Jamie gives a cooking demonstration.

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And the team shoots a hole in another gunslinger myth.

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Yeah!

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It's a break.

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Don't try what you're about to see at home.

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Little disposable lighters come with a long list of warnings.

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Never puncture or put in fire.

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Never expose to heat above 120 degrees Fahrenheit or to prolonged sunlight.

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So I believe that each one of these items is here because probably of a specific lawsuit,

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but each one of them also is a test that we can do.

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So I got one for you.

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Okay, what is it?

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A lighter is sitting on a dash of a hot car and it explodes.

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We've done tons of hot car stuff and that is perfect.

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The question would be how hot can they get and would that make a lighter potentially fatally explode?

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Yeah, they got pretty hot in there. Let's do it.

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Alright.

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This time, instead of heating up an entire car, Jamie has an also convenient alternative.

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Okay, Adam, I got the toaster oven.

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That's our car?

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That's our car.

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That's perfect.

356
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This isn't exactly a dash of a car, but it is a controllable thing that we can get to the correct temperature.

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Dashes of cars actually get surprisingly hot. They get up around 180 degrees, give or take.

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So we should be able to set this at that temperature, put a lighter in there and see what happens.

359
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In goes the passenger.

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Now it's another stupefyingly boring Mythbusters waitfest.

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You get to watch it all just happen.

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You're going to cut to the explosion inside of five minutes, but I've got to wait for like three hours.

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A stupefyingly boring hour later, the heat hasn't affected the lighter at all.

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It's been at 140 degrees for that entire hour and I'm not getting anything.

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So I'm going to ramp it up.

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He dials up the temperature.

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It's climbing.

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The toaster oven is now at 190 degrees.

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Adam and his little nemesis are having a standoff.

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It's just a waiting game and it's exhausting.

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I've been working on this for three hours now and I still don't have what we're looking for here,

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catastrophic failure of a lighter in a hot car.

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Even at the highest temperature the dash of a car could ever get, the lighter still hasn't lost its cool.

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But Jamie is confident he can put Adam out of his misery.

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I can get this thing up to about 500. I know my toaster oven.

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500 degrees? That's hot.

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Now we're up to 350 on our way to 400.

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This shouldn't take long. In fact, I can already see the cracks forming.

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Well, that was an explosion.

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No fire, but that was a bang.

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Actually, there was fire.

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Jamie got the lighter to blow in just five minutes.

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This end piece shot out like a bullet and actually blew a hole in the tray.

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How about another just for the heck of it?

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You got your flame.

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Yeah.

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It sure looks cool, but in the real world cars don't get that hot.

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The minimum temperature that we were able to get one of these lighters to melt to the point that it released its gas was about 350 degrees.

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And I don't know of any cars that get into 350 degrees even in the desert in the summer.

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So as far as I'm concerned, it's not happening unless there's something else at play.

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So to recap, we got bupkus out of the dryer.

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We got nice explosions out of the golf club hot car and the welder.

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Yeah, but these myths are about whether or not this is a lethal situation and we don't know what kind of injuries you'd sustain.

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We don't really know whether it's lethal or not.

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Right.

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Well, I mean, that leads to the next step here, which is to get a human analog and try out the most common one, the welding on that human analog and see if the explosion of the lighter next to it causes any visible or significant damage.

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Pork.

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Yeah, I suppose it's more pork.

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I like a pork, but...

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Adam and Jamie attach a welder to a C-stand and put a steel plate in front of it.

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Wait, wait, wait.

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Next, they dress a ham-hawk in Working Man's overalls and put a lighter in the pocket.

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Now that's one rugged bore.

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All right.

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What we'll be very telling about the level of damage is if we get a light and all of a sudden the whole area is bathed in flame.

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Right.

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In three, two, one.

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The hot slag drips onto the jeans and about 15 seconds later they catch fire.

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That would seem like more than blue jeans just burning there.

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I would imagine.

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But even though the denim is flaming, the lighter doesn't pop.

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We got some burns in our pig.

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That's only from the welding.

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Yeah, that's only from the welding slag.

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They reposition it and try again.

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You get a working lighter and the vertical pocket this time.

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Three, two, one.

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Hey, that was quicker.

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Yeah, that was a lot quicker.

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Now you're starting to hop around.

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Like, jeez!

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Oh my God!

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Ah, shoot!

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Dude, pull me out!

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Once again, your favorite jeans would never be the same.

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But you would walk away to weld another day.

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Again, I think it's a hot metal burn, but not a lighter burn and he's just starting exploding.

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Yeah.

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They're slowly releasing their gas.

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That ball of flame, it just goes kind of poof.

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And unless you're wearing plastic clothing like polyester or something like that,

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it's not going to go up in flame.

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It's going to deflect most of it.

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Looks like the guys have extinguished this myth.

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Place Your Bets.

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The reality of Gunslinger Myth Number Two,

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Hull in a Silver Dollar, is a toss-up.

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For this test, the team will put a Silver Dollar on one stand and a gun on another.

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Then with the Hull, Kit and Kaboodle inside a container,

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they'll trigger the gun remotely and see if they can turn the dollar into a donut.

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For the first test, they're using the 1873 Colt Peacemaker replica,

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using real, period 45 caliber bullets.

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Hence, the heavily reinforced steel bunker.

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They do a test fire to center the coin.

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Fire in the hole!

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Alright, so here's the hole in the card.

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So now what we're going to do is we're just going to place our coin holder in that exact same spot.

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The stand has been designed to balance the dollar nice and loose, like it's floating on air.

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I'm going to try to give it as little resistance as possible while still balancing it straight up.

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Which means as everybody exits the container, tread very, very, very lightly.

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And for ultra authenticity, we're using genuine cowboy coinage.

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We are not only in the fortune position to have Silver Dollars,

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which this one written on the back says 99% silver,

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but Silver Dollar from the era.

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This one here is 1879.

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It's high noon at the OK container.

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Fire in the hole!

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Three, two, one.

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Smoky.

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So, who won the showdown?

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It tried really, really hard.

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It sure did.

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The bullet hit the dollar dead center, making a mighty dent.

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Maybe a tiny little shield.

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That is cool.

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Next up, the Navy Colt Black Powder Pistol.

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Three, two, one.

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Again, Tari has a tiny shield for his action figurines, but there's no hole.

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That is amazing.

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Good shot.

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Their aim was true, but the old time cowboy guns didn't have enough punch.

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Maybe a modern day gun that shoots at a much higher velocity will.

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We have one more handgun that we want to try, and that's a modern double action .357 Magnum.

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Here we go in three, two, one.

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Whoa, there it is.

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Look, dude.

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Whoa.

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Oh, yeah!

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I would have to say that's a perfect hole.

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Bullseye.

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That's a donut with sugar on top.

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You could make a necklace out of it.

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Wow.

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Cool.

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That's a real silver dollar, and that's a real hole.

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That's it.

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But they didn't get a real hole in a real silver dollar using any of their period guns.

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I would say that this myth has busted.

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To see if it's even possible to shoot a coin tossed in the air, once again they pay a visit to cowboy action shooter, Lighten and Larry.

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Using a period gun, Larry is going to aim at some lead coins.

491
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:22,000
Lead is much softer than silver, so this might give him the edge he needs.

492
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,000
Go.

493
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,000
Easy.

494
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:26,000
How about in front of you?

495
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:27,000
Lighten, front of you would help.

496
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,000
There he is.

497
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:35,000
There he is.

498
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,000
Larry is the boss.

499
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:40,000
That shot was as fine as cream gravy.

500
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,000
That's lead.

501
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:45,000
That was a lead.

502
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:46,000
That was a lead.

503
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,000
That was good.

504
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:48,000
That's great.

505
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,000
That is a badge of honor right there.

506
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:58,000
There's no denying Larry is one sharp shooter, but the team proved the stunt can't be done with a silver dollar.

507
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,000
Looks like we shot that one down.

508
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,000
Here we go.

509
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:09,000
Next, the team fires at an old spaghetti western trick, and Adam and Jamie make the hottest car in town.

510
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,000
Whatever happens, we're burning down a car today.

511
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:21,000
We're going to be wavering gunpoint that crack box man of Hangman's Hill takes steady aim.

512
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:25,000
Our posse's final gunslinger myth is the hangman's noose.

513
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:34,000
To save you from swinging from the California collar, you'd sure want a buddy who's a sure shot who hadn't been hit in a prairie due down at the saloon.

514
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:39,000
It's the classic western last minute reprieve.

515
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:45,000
With the noose around his partner's neck, the gunslinger had to shoot it down with a single shot.

516
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:50,000
Tori Bilger, basic down home rustic hanging contraption.

517
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:53,000
Oh, we're going to have fun today.

518
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:56,000
Then he makes a silhouette of an outlaw.

519
00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:01,000
The cutout is weighted down and lifted up.

520
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,000
Okay, perfect.

521
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,000
Now we just have to shoot that up.

522
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:15,000
So for this setup, we have our human stand in, 150 pounds, and we're going to start off with our 1851 cap and ball black powder pistol, and then we'll move on from there.

523
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,000
I sure hope help come soon.

524
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:21,000
Our cutout can't hang on much longer.

525
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:22,000
Fire in the hole.

526
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,000
Three, two, one.

527
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:29,000
There was a bang, but no thud.

528
00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,000
Do you see the circle on the rope?

529
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:32,000
I mean, that's the ball.

530
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,000
It looks like it was a hit.

531
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:35,000
I thought it would do more damage than that.

532
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,000
Maybe the rope's just deflecting and turning.

533
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,000
Yeah.

534
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:40,000
Absorbing that energy.

535
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:47,000
Sure enough, the bullet hit the rope and just grazed it, but the three amigos have a plan.

536
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,000
Maybe we should move it in.

537
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:50,000
Point blank.

538
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:51,000
Point blank.

539
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:52,000
Right up the edge of the rope.

540
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,000
So that way there's no doubt in our mind that we hit it.

541
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:55,000
You can't miss.

542
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,000
I like it.

543
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:59,000
They move the gun up close and personal.

544
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,000
I think we're going to hit it.

545
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:02,000
Here we go.

546
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,000
In three, two, one.

547
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:09,000
Now that's what I call rope burn, but it isn't cut.

548
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,000
Why don't we move up to the 45?

549
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:13,000
Colt.

550
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:14,000
Yep, the peacemaker.

551
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,000
And see what that does to this.

552
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:20,000
Just the gun that won the West?

553
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:21,000
Apparently.

554
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:24,000
In three, two, one.

555
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,000
It's like the dude's still hanging.

556
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:29,000
I cut into it.

557
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:30,000
Oh yeah.

558
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,000
Look it.

559
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,000
That's better than the other.

560
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:38,000
We shot it right in the center of the rope and the 45 caliber wasn't able to cut it.

561
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:41,000
The period guns just ain't cutting it.

562
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:50,000
Meanwhile over at M5, Jamie and Adam have been testing disposable lighters.

563
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:54,000
Are these tiny tikes potential life threats?

564
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:56,000
I don't care what anybody says.

565
00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:01,000
The explosion from one of these lighters is not lethal and that makes all of these myths,

566
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:04,000
at least in terms of deadliness, busted.

567
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,000
Well, that was a single lighter.

568
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:07,000
We just need more.

569
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:12,000
We have this thing from a British newspaper that says a salesman's car burst into flames

570
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:18,000
in Brussels when liquid gas in 500 cigarette lighters exploded in the hot sun.

571
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:19,000
Let me see this.

572
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,000
That's, that's, that you just read the whole article.

573
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,000
I mean, there's not much to go on here.

574
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:25,000
It's right down our alley.

575
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,000
I guess we don't need any more information than this.

576
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,000
All right, let's do it.

577
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:36,000
The plan is to get a car and put a heating element and 500 lighters inside.

578
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:42,000
As the lighters melt and release their gas, the guys will trigger a remote ignition source

579
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:46,000
and hopefully the vehicle will take a trip skyward.

580
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:54,000
So where better to conduct this potentially highly flammable myth than at a water control plan?

581
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:56,000
Good.

582
00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:02,000
And who better to have on hand than the city of South San Francisco fire department?

583
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:03,000
Howdy guys.

584
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:04,000
How are you?

585
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:05,000
How are you?

586
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,000
How are you?

587
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:09,000
Adam explains the setup to the guys.

588
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:12,000
As long as you don't blow up the city, we're fine with it.

589
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,000
That's always our goal, controlled explosions.

590
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:19,000
And this one should be, well, we're hoping it's major, but even if it's major, it's still pretty minor.

591
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:25,000
Yep, there's some major insight into the workings of the myth busters mind right there.

592
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:32,000
Adam positions the vehicle chosen for the sacrifice in a high walled concrete bunker.

593
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:33,000
That ought to do.

594
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:40,000
Then he fills up the interior with 500 disposable lighters, stacking them in rows.

595
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:46,000
When all this is expanded, this is over a thousand cubic centimeters of butane gas.

596
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:52,000
Just for flavor, like a spice.

597
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:58,000
A series of holes are drilled into the top of the car and wire inserted through it.

598
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:04,000
Then the heat source, a vacuum form machine, is raised above the lighters.

599
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:11,000
A vacuum form is normally used to make molded plastic packaging and gets up to a scorching 800 degrees.

600
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:17,000
And just in case the vacuum form doesn't ignite the gas, they have a backup plan.

601
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:20,000
In trying to hedge our bets, we're trying to create a flame bar.

602
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:25,000
Ignition will occur at the start with a neon transformer that will create a spark.

603
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:30,000
That spark will ignite a gasoline-soaked rope, which will travel down inside the car.

604
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:35,000
This rope will continue to burn down to the point where it sets off the ignition.

605
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:45,000
Everyone and everything is in position and ready to blow.

606
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:49,000
Coming right up, the sheriff saves the day.

607
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:54,000
And the guy's car insurance premiums skyrocket.

608
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,000
Oh, that was beautiful!

609
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:09,000
Attempting an old gunslinger myth, the gang tried their darndest to shoot down a hangman's noose in a single shot, but to no avail.

610
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:14,000
To save their buddy, the Magnificent 3 head back to the range.

611
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:19,000
They set up some real fancy gallows, complete with trap door.

612
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:27,000
The charges are outlaw silhouette is falsely accused of, our mighty sirius.

613
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:30,000
Being too drunk in town, cattle wrestling.

614
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,000
All around offensiveness to a lady.

615
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:33,000
That's right.

616
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:39,000
If anyone's going to save him from the cold meat wagon, it's veteran cowboy action shooter Frank.

617
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:42,000
How many shots do you think it would take you to get that done?

618
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:49,000
You could do it in two, probably if you're good, if you're lucky, because there's a lot of luck involved in this, because once you hit it, it's going to start moving.

619
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:54,000
He's healed with an authentic 1888 Winchester rifle.

620
00:38:58,000 --> 00:38:59,000
I hit it.

621
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:00,000
Yeah, you hit it.

622
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:01,000
Smoking.

623
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:04,000
Eagle-eyed Frank hit the rope second shot.

624
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,000
Trying to get the same spot, that's tough.

625
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:13,000
Yeah!

626
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:15,000
Wow!

627
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:16,000
Shots in my town.

628
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:18,000
That is impressive.

629
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,000
Okay, that's tough.

630
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:21,000
Yee-haw!

631
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:27,000
Frank didn't get it in one, but five shots was a sensational display of shooting prowess.

632
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:30,000
Our cowboy will live to ride another day.

633
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:39,000
Okay, it's time for the whole Mythbusters gang to cut loose and have themselves a little fun.

634
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:41,000
Let's finish cutting that two-by-four in half.

635
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:42,000
Yeah, let's do it!

636
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:43,000
Yeah!

637
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,000
And the gallows all fall down.

638
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:56,000
Yeah!

639
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:58,000
Get the guy!

640
00:39:58,000 --> 00:39:59,000
No!

641
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,000
Alright, so gunslinger Myths, where do we stand?

642
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,000
Quickdraw Myth is totally busted.

643
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:08,000
You can't draw your weapon and fire off five shots before Silver Dollar hits the ground.

644
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,000
Silver Dollar? Completely busted.

645
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:13,000
We couldn't put a hole through a Silver Dollar with any of our period weapons.

646
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,000
And shooting out the hangman's noose busted.

647
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:21,000
You can probably shoot it out maybe three or more shots, but to shoot it out in one shot, it's not possible.

648
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,000
So that sounds totally definitive.

649
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:28,000
I will alert the Discovery Webmaster for the onslaught of complaints that you guys screwed it up somehow.

650
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:29,000
That sounds perfect.

651
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,000
Yep, they know where to find us.

652
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:45,000
Jamie and Adam have already proved that a single disposable lighter can go off with a poof.

653
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:46,000
Oh!

654
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,000
But they're looking for more of a kaboom.

655
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:55,000
So to up the ante, they filled a car with 500 and are about to see what happens.

656
00:40:55,000 --> 00:41:03,000
I think what we're going to see is a fireball, and then this thing's going to be nice and crispy, cage and fried within five minutes.

657
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:07,000
Sounds delicious. The heating element is switched on.

658
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:14,000
Okay, we're at three minutes. We should start to see some of these start to blow their fuel out.

659
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:18,000
Under the extreme high temperature, the lighters cook fast.

660
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:22,000
Oh, there we go. There we go. We just lost one. One went. Oh, there goes another one.

661
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,000
We could see a ignition at any time.

662
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,000
Oh, there goes another one.

663
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:29,000
They're just going about every second now.

664
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:34,000
Just like popcorn, one after another they burst and release their butane.

665
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,000
Anyone got any melted butter?

666
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,000
It's working like clockwork. I love that.

667
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:42,000
And there should be plenty in there to get ignition.

668
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:45,000
It might be time for me to hit the sparker.

669
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:46,000
You think so?

670
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:49,000
It's going to be very close to an optimal ignition ratio.

671
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,000
Okay, I'm going to go for it.

672
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:52,000
All right.

673
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,000
Jamie bends the switch for the sparker.

674
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:55,000
Count it down.

675
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:59,000
Three, two, one.

676
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:02,000
Yeah!

677
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:06,000
That was beautiful.

678
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:08,000
Dude, it blew out the back window.

679
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,000
And the rest of them are starting to go now.

680
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:12,000
Poop, poop, poop.

681
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:13,000
Dude, that was so cool.

682
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:16,000
That concussion was magnificent. It knocked the windows right out.

683
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:21,000
If you needed one more reason to give up smoking, there it is.

684
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:24,000
I saw the fire leap across the lighters.

685
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:25,000
Boom!

686
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:29,000
And then I looked over here just in time to watch that back window flying off the car.

687
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:31,000
It was awesome.

688
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:33,000
Look at that. It blew out all the glass.

689
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:37,000
So if you ever want to take 500 disposable lighters for a drive,

690
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:40,000
turn up the air conditioner.

691
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:44,000
I want to seal this and hang it on the wall.

692
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:45,000
This is magnificent.

693
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:47,000
This is just what I was hoping to end up with.

694
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:49,000
A little modern art.

695
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:51,000
Charred and burnt.

696
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:56,000
And where does all this impressive debris leave our exploding lighter bits?

697
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,000
Okay, well, how are we going to wrap this up?